• Rev. Jim Wallis of Sojourners calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about his Los Angeles Times Op-Ed on Immigration

• Sexy Liberal John Fugelsang joins us from the NYC Bureau at 11am ET / 8am PT for Fridays With Fugelsang

• The U.S. government ordered the evacuation of non-essential staff from its consulate in the northeastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Friday due to the threat of attack, with the State Department also warning U.S. citizens not to travel to Pakistan.

• Amid lingering questions about the United States’ relationship with Russia and the closure of Middle East embassies prompted by a terror threat earlier this month, President Barack Obama will hold a news conference today at the White House.

• House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa demanded Wednesday that the Federal Election Commission turn over records of more than five years of communications with the I.R.S. — a move that significantly expands the ongoing probe of alleged federal targeting of conservative groups.

• Firefighters say the wildfire burning in the rugged San Jacinto mountain range in Southern California, some 90 miles east of Los Angeles, is one of the fastest moving they’ve seen in 50 years.